Benyam Ghebretensae

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalms 139: 14

[Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 @biniamb]

Congrats Bini @GrmayeBiniam! Incredible ride to finish 6th on today's @letour stage and climb to 2nd in the points classification. Keep flying the flag high—we're cheering you on all the way! 🇪🇷 @nsn

[Biniam Berhe 🇪🇷 @biniamb]

This is how we do it!! 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷⚽⚽

[Benyam Ghebretensae @Bensenit]

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[Benyam Ghebretensae @Bensenit]

Second for Biniam after a cold, wet, and snowy day at Paris-Nice https://t.co/D8sK3w0O7j via @nsncyclingteam

[Alula Frezghi @AlulaFre]

The Red Sea Is Not Ethiopia’s to Reclaim

Imperial Nostalgia and the Strategic Stakes in the Horn of Africa

By Alula Frezghi
@RedSeaBeacon

At sunrise along the shores of Assab, the Red Sea turns copper beneath a horizon crowded with global commerce. Tankers from the Gulf move north toward the Mediterranean. Container ships from Asia thread their way toward Europe. Just beyond lies the narrow maritime gate of the Bab el-Mandeb, one of the world’s most consequential chokepoints.
Nearly a tenth of global trade flows through these waters. Energy shipments, military patrols, and commercial vessels converge here in a dense corridor linking the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean.
The coastline overlooking this passage belongs to the sovereign state of Eritrea.
Yet hundreds of miles inland, in Addis Ababa, political rhetoric increasingly suggests that these shores represent something Ethiopia once possessed and must now reclaim.
In October 2023, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told Ethiopia’s parliament that his country possesses a historical and natural right to an outlet to the Red Sea. For a nation with a vast population and growing economy, he argued, permanent landlocked status is strategically untenable.
The remarks ignited debate across the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian media and political figures began portraying the Red Sea as a lost inheritance an essential part of the country’s historical destiny. But the notion that Ethiopia historically owned the Red Sea coast rests less on historical evidence than on political mythology. And myths, when elevated into state policy, can destabilize already fragile regions.
The Myth of Lost Shores
The belief that Ethiopia once possessed the Red Sea coastline draws largely from imperial memory rather than documented sovereignty.
For centuries the Ethiopian highland kingdom often called Abyssinia was a landlocked polity whose authority expanded and contracted across the interior of the Horn of Africa. Its rulers invoked sacred legitimacy through chronicles such as the medieval text Kebra Nagast, which traced Ethiopian kings to biblical ancestry.
Yet these narratives described symbolic geography rather than territorial administration.
The historian Christopher Clapham famously described Ethiopian imperial ideology as possessing a “pretension to universal jurisdiction” a tendency to claim authority over lands far beyond the reach of effective governance.
In reality, the Red Sea coast developed under its own political systems shaped by maritime commerce, local rulers, and external empires.
ReadMore @RedSeaBeacon

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[@aklti ወዲ Tsige🇪🇷 @AtieWedi]

Honorable, Speaker of Ugandan Parliament #Anita with #Eritrean 🇪🇷 Traditional dress Zurya ዙርያ። @shabait @hawelti

[Mike ኤርትራዊ 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷 @EllamellaMg]

My baby Boy Kudus is only 4 years old and knows the melody of the #Eritrean national anthem by heart, he likes to sing it out loud. That's how it should be.
I'm really touched and proud.
#AwetNhafash
#EritreaPrevails
ዋና ኣለዋ እዛ ሃገር ! 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

[Ghideon Musa @GhideonMusa]

The Eritrean National Football Federation has appointed Egyptian professional coach Kohha Hashim Yakin as the new head coach of the Eritrea national football team.

He officially signed the contract with the federation and arrived in Asmara yesterday to begin his tenure. @ENFFONLINE2023 #Eritrea
Via Safira Press

[Ghideon Musa @GhideonMusa]

The Eritrean community in Kampala celebrated International Women's Day (8 March / 8 Megabit) with a vibrant ceremony at the TTA Complex.

The event brought together Eritrean Embassy officials, religious leaders, National Union of Eritrean Women representatives, community members, and invited guests.

Cultural highlights included inspiring poems, monologues, and performances honoring Eritrean women as pillars of resilience, family, and nation-building.

A joyful tribute to their historic and ongoing contributions!

Happy International Women's Day !
#Eritrea #IWD2026 #March8

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

#Eritrea: Rich Tapestry of Rashaida Culture; by Mussie Efriem

"The adoption of modern tech­nology has not diminished the cultural soul of the Rashaida; rather, it has created a unique hy­brid lifestyle where the ancient and the modern coexist. Today, it is common to see automobiles parked alongside nomadic tents, used for speedy transport across the rugged terrain of the Northern Red Sea and Gash Barka regions. Despite the efficiency of the mo­tor vehicle, the camel remains the undisputed protagonist of Ras­haida life. This persistence of the camel in the face of moderniza­tion serves as a profound state��ment of cultural resilience. In the vast plains, the camel remains the most reliable actor for navigat­ing the deep desert. By choosing to maintain their herds alongside their vehicles, the Rashaida dem­onstrate that true modernization does not require the abandonment of heritage".

https://t.co/NUFC0hofiw

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Profile Q & A - “Our Challenges Were Our Best Teachers”: An Interview with Major Ghebremesqel Ghebregergish (“Fire”); by Kidane Shimendi

Amazing stories of heroism, resourcefulness and innovation of the EPLF's Department of Transport as graphically illustrated in these snippets:

"*...It was in 1977. The EPLF captured the Soviet-made T-55 tank for the first time when freedom fighters hit its fuel tanker during the intensive battle for the liberation of Asmara in the village of Adem-Zemat. The freedom fighters, in their resourcefulness, extinguished the fire using soil and mud to preserve the tank for the revolution".

*"...Initially, we called the tank 'Abrehet', but it was later renamed 'Commander Number 1' and was heroically sacrificed during the Fenkil operation. Nowadays, when I visit Massawa and see that tank displayed as a monument, I become emotional, remembering that historical moment when people celebrated its capture".

*"...All of the Department’s work was transformational and memorable. But if you insist, I can recall two examples. First, we modified a shida-making machine. We manufactured a lifting spring system that made it easy to transport the machine by vehicle in combat situations. Second, there were the 130mm artillery pieces captured during the defeat of the Nadew Command. These weapons were difficult to maneuver over difficult terrains, so we enabled their transport atop Mercedes trucks, ensuring the timely arrival to their destinations".
https://t.co/GLxgEjM4UR

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

OPINTION AND ANALYSIS

International Women’s Day 2026: Eritrean Women and Leadership Across Generations

By Nahla Valji, UN Resident Coordinator in Eritrea

*"...Eritrea’s history demonstrates clearly that women are central to national resilience. Their participation during the liberation struggle reflected a principle later affirmed globally through Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: sustainable peace requires women’s full and meaningful participation".

*"...As UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, I have had the privilege of meeting women who carried Eritrea through conflict and women now shaping its future. The continuity with the past and the resilience and strength derived from it are unmistakable".
https://t.co/zhGekT6Vmd

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Profile Q & A - “Medicine is my Duty; Writing is my therapy”: An Interview with Dr. Ruth Ghirmay; by Kidane Shimendi

Words of wisdom and inspiration:
*"...Personally, March 8 is a testament to the endurance of the Eritrean woman. In my field, I witness women’s strength during the most vulnerable and powerful moments of life—childbirth. I see them as the primary healers and educators of our society. Even Broken Wings Fly is dedicated to that very spirit of overcoming".

*"...As a practitioner in obstetrics and gynecology, March 8 is deeply personal to me. I see women as the 'light of the family' and the backbone of our nation’s health. My work is dedicated to ensuring that every woman’s wings are strong enough to fly—by providing them with the medical advocacy and care they deserve".

https://t.co/IaSoJCetnh

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

ቃል ሃማደኤ ብምኽንያት 8 መጋቢት 2026 - ክብርታትና ዋልታና!

"ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብቲ ፈውሲ ማሕላ እኳ ኣጆኻ ዝብሎ ዘራይ ከይረኸበ ናጽነት ክደሊ ዘሕለፎ ጽንኩር እዋን፡ እንኮ ዋልታኡን ዝተኣማመነሉ ጸጋ��� ክብርታቱ እዩ ነይሩ። ድሕሪ ናጽነት መሬቱ ብዳግማይ ወራር ምስ ተደፍረ’ውን ክብርታቱ ዓጢቑ’ዩ ሃገሩ ካብ ጎበጣ ኣድሒኑ ልኡላውነቱ ክዕቅብ ዝኸኣለ"።

"ከም 8 መጋቢት ዝኣመሰለ ናይ ዝኽሪ ኣጋጣሚታት ከኣ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ነዊሕ ቃልስና ዝዀስኰስናዮ፡ ምስጢር ሓይልና፡ ብቕዓትና፡ ጥምረትና፡ ዘሕብን ሃገራዊ ታሪኽናን ቅያታትናን ዝኾነ ባህልን ክብርታትን ብቐጻልነት ዓቂብናን ኣማዕቢልናን ናብቲ ቀንዲ ተልእኾና ልምዓትን ህንጸት ስልጡን ሕብረተሰብን ንምቕንዑ ቃልና እነሐድሰሉ ኣጋጣሚ እዩ። ብርግጽ ድማ፡ ታሪኽ ህዝቡን ሃገሩን ብዝግባእ ዝፈልጥ፡ ክብርታት ቀዳሞት ሃገራውያን ዝወረሰ፡ ብመንነቱ ዝሕበን መንእሰይ ጥራይ’ዩ፡ ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ ታሪኽ ክሰርሕ ዝኽእል። ክብሪን ��ጎስን ነቲ ዘይከኣል ክኢሉ ናብ ሓድሽ መዋእል ተሰጋጊሩ ዝርከብ፡ ወናኒ ብሉጽ ክብርታት፡ ስሙርን ንቑሕን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ!"
https://t.co/aDWSnNp5Xz

[Benyam Ghebretensae @Bensenit]

From Hawassa to Massawa: Rhetoric, Power, and the Perils of Grandiosity https://t.co/lN4SkDzBXP via @RedSeaBeacon

[Jonathan 🇪🇷 @itsEritrea]

@hawelti Eritrea’s coastline is sovereign & non negotiable. & Indeed, re packaging territorial ambition as geopolitical necessity doesn't change z fact that peace requires respecting borders, not golan analogies. sovereignty is a red line. Ofc we're not Syria!

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

Potemkin Party officials, hired apologists and minions, have this knack for invoking postulates and arguments that are banal in substance but are, nonetheless, packaged in ostensibly "academic/geopolitical" analysis and garb for purposes of deceptive "credibility".

Latest variants and versions in this saga of incessant public agitation and saber rattling include:

* Delusional arguments on the "imperative for Ethiopia to project naval power to enhance the security of the Red Sea" because, we are told, "the task cannot be fully handled by the littoral States". Leaving unequivocal legal provisions and prevailing robust security configurations aside, the argument is too ludicrous to merit response. It is indeed mind-boggling why a regime notorious for incubating, and that is constantly embroiled in, perpetual internal conflicts of its own making has the temerity to assume an out-sized regional mantle as an "indispensable anchor State" instead of finding enduring panacea to its real and enormous challenges.

* Tenuous arguments, in addition to worn-out references of population size etc., , on exorbitant "transit fees" and purported reduction in its annual GDP growth due to the lack of "sovereign access to the sea". These arguments are often laced with rather explicit corollary/threats that the regime "may indeed unleash war against its neighbour" to rectify these "existential threats". The Potemkin Party's outrageous allusion to "precedence of, and analogy with, Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights" at the last Session of the House of the Peoples Representatives was made in this context principally to mislead its domestic constituencies. Apparently, the myopic and callous PP officials are oblivious to the economic devastation and loss of life that any war of aggression is fraught with when they indulge in, and agitate for. these reckless agendas.

*This is the real backdrop and underlying rationale behind the patently false and fabricated accusations leveled against Eritrea by the PP regime these days. Transparent as they are, the spurious arguments for unleashing war to acquire "sovereign access to the sea" have not, and cannot, find any traction or political endorsement in the wider world. The war agenda must thus be inverted and re-packaged under false premises and pretexts.

[Yemane G. Meskel 🇪🇷 @hawelti]

In the wake of its leader's perplexing discourse at the Ordinary Session of the House of Representatives early this week, the Potemkin Party's degenerative moral/ethical compass; its habitual and incorrigible penchant for resorting to abject lies as an instrument of policy; its trademarks of betrayal and abhorrent opportunism; its reckless propensity to stoke multiple conflicts in pursuit of elusive "personal Grandeur" etc. have become glaringly obvious to all political observers of the region.

Indeed, these days, the constant refrain among former officials and allied parties (letter of former Deputy PM and Foreign Minister); broad segments of the Ethiopian people; as well as large sections of the diplomatic community in the Horn revolves around the Machiavellian mindset; the unconscionable distortion of facts and events the PP's leader routinely peddles to advance his reckless agendas. "ሓሳውን ቆርበትን እንዳሓደረ ይፈኮስ"፡ ከምዝበሃል!

[#InvestInEritrea 👩🏿‍🔧 🇪🇷🇪🇷 @DahlaKib]

Never forget Ona (1970). Over 600 innocent Eritrean civilians were massacred by Derg in a single day and that was just one chapter in a much larger tragedy. #Eritrea #OnaMassacre
https://t.co/tnQlTnR7EJ

[Ministry of Information, Eritrea @shabait]

ወግዓዊ ጽንብል መበል 36 ዝኽሪ ስርሒት ፈንቅል፡“ቅያ ፈንቅል ንወለዶታት” ብዝብል ቴማ፡ካብ 13 ክሳብ 15 ለካቲት ክካየድ’ዩ።

ኣደ-መንበር ኣወሃሃዲት ሽማግለ በዓላት ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ወ/ሮ ዘይነብ ዑመር ንኤሪና ኣብ ዝሃበቶ ሓበሬታ፡ መበል 36 ዝኽሪ ስርሒት ፈንቅል ንምጽንባል እኹል ምድላዋት ከምእተገብረ፣ ገለ መደባት ድማ ድሮ ከምእተጀመረ ገሊጻ።

ብመሰረት ሓበሬታኣ፡ ከም ኣካል መደባት ጽንብል፡ ምስ ሃማመተኤ ብምውህሃድ ዝተወደበ ቅነ መንእሰያት ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ካብ 28 ክሳብ 31 ጥሪ፣ ከምኡ’ውን ህዝቢ፡ ሰራዊትን ሰራሕተኛታት መንግስትን ዝተሳተፍዎ ንጥፈታት ጽሬት ከተማ ብ31 ጥሪ ክሰላሰል ከሎ፡ብዞባን ሃገራዊ ፈደረሽንን ዝተወደበ ውድድራት ኵዕሶ እግሪን ብሽክሌታን ድማ ይካየድ ኣሎ።

ብሃገራዊ ፈደረሽን ኣትለቲክስ ኤርትራ ዓመታዊ ኣብ ዝውደብ ውድድር ፍርቂ ማራቶን ምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ሎሚ ዓመት ኣትለታት ሓሙሽተ ሃገራት ማለት ኤርትራ፡ ደቡብ-ሱዳን፡ ኡጋንዳ፡ ታንዛንያን ኬ���ያን ክሳተፉ ምዃኖም ዝሓበረት ወ/ሮ ዘይነብ፡ ኣብ መንጎ 6 ዞባታት ዝካየድ ግጥማት ኵዕሶ-እግሪ ገማግም ባሕሪ፣ ውድድራት ምሕንባስን ምቕዛፍ ጀላቡን፣ ስእላው�� ንዋታውን ምርኢት፣ ሰሚናራት፣ ሽልማት ፈንቅል፣ መደባት ቈልዑን ምስትምቓር ጸጋታት ባሕሪን፡ ኣካል ናይ’ቲ መደባት ምዃኖም ኣገንዚባ።

ብዘይካ’ዚ፡ ስነ-ጥበባዊ መሰናድኦታት፡ ባህላዊ ምርኢት ጐደናታት ባዛር፡ ኮማዊ ዳሳትን ካልእን መደባት ከምዘሎ ኣብሪሃ።
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